SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Common Council today approved paying $35,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man whose head was slammed against a car by a city police officer in July.

Edward Jones, 25, of Grumbach Avenue, sued the city in August for $1.5 million in federal court, saying he suffered an eye injury, fear and humiliation when his head was slammed into a police cruiser during a July 30 arrest on Park Street.

The incident attracted widespread attention when a video of the arrest appeared the next day on YouTube.